Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 11, 2019

I'm going to start a series of blog posts about what 15 years of innovation consulting has taught me. I'm happy to say I've learned a lot about innovation in corporations, and also somewhat excited to say I'm still learning, because the pace and nature of innovation is changing so rapidly. However, there are still so many basic, fundamental things that companies either overlook or fail to realize that going back to the basics is important.

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Innovation Excellence

JUNE 13, 2019

Many businesses fail to realize that they are not in a single business, but are actually in two. First, they’re in the business of working on products and services that will help solve their clients’ problems and help them achieve their goals today. But that’s only half of the picture. They’re also in the business.

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HYPE Innovation

JUNE 13, 2019

Is it just me, or does this also happen to you? Summer after summer it's the same. Usually, at the beginning of the season, I start to think, "okay, which book should I take on vacation?" (fully aware that, in the end, I'll return home having not opened it once). Why? Probably because I tend to grab a book that's been collecting dust on my shelf -- usually a promo/giveaway about something I don't really care about or a birthday gift that missed the mark ( sorry, Grandma, I don't want to read tha

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Exago

JUNE 12, 2019

If you are involved in managing innovation for your organisation and you have been set with the task to make this decision, the first question you should ask yourself is: “Do we really need an innovation management software?”. These three questions, related to 3 key dimensions of any innovation management programme, should help. The post 3 questions to help you decide if you should invest in an innovation management software appeared first on Exago.

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Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage

If AI agents are going to deliver ROI, they need to move beyond chat and actually do things. But, turning a model into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. In this new webinar, Alex Salazar and Nate Barbettini will break down the emerging AI architecture that makes action possible, and how it differs from traditional integration approaches.

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Destination Innovation

JUNE 13, 2019

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 12, 2019

As I noted yesterday, I'm writing a series of posts about what I've learned over the last 15 years of corporate innovation work. Yesterday I wrote about needing a "why and a how" rather than a "what" for innovation. Today, I'd like to write about sponsorship, and why it is critical to have engaged sponsors for ideas and for innovation. This idea is important enough that I took the extra 30 seconds and looked up the definition of sponsor.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 13, 2019

There’s an old saying that goes, “The rooster crows, but the hen delivers,” and it’s an apt metaphor for the world of invention. Most of us have little difficulty listing male inventors, but rattling off a list of female innovators is harder. It’s not because women don’t innovate, but because historically they haven’t had the educational opportunities that male innovators have had.

Technical Review 157

Technical Review Crowdsourcing Innovation Technology 157

Entrepreneur - Innovation

JUNE 12, 2019

Melanie Perkins, the co-founder and CEO of popular design platform Canva, and her team are constantly chasing big goals.

Design 108

Design 108

Innovation Excellence

JUNE 9, 2019

“They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.” ? Francis Bacon Companies today are eagerly seeking the answer to one essential question. How do we innovate? It’s been observed that 75% of companies say they’re committed to innovation as one of their top priorities [1]. But most.

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Digital Tonto

JUNE 9, 2019

There are worrying signs that we are not building capacity the way we should. We need to right the ship before it’s too late. Related posts: We Need To Rethink Innovation For The 21st Century. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar

Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 12, 2019

Big data has been a foundation of innovation ever since the first suggestion box was put out. Since then, the data set has only kept growing, until now you can filter thousands or even millions of data points. How do you effectively use big data to drive innovation? Collect Only Relevant Data. Data is often described with water metaphors: as a flood, an ocean, a rushing river, or a surging waterfall.

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Big Data Data Strategy Strategy 157

Entrepreneur - Innovation

JUNE 11, 2019

Major players are investing in blockchain technology to provide more incentive for users.

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Technology 100

Innovation Excellence

JUNE 9, 2019

Nothing is older than the argument that large companies can’t capitalize on their innovations. Will this be the company that disproves that? Moonshots are always one part flight-of-fancy, one part brilliance, and 98 parts risk. “Eventually you’ll fail to fail.” – X Captain of Moonshots, Astro Teller I grew up in an era of moonshots.

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Kainexus

JUNE 13, 2019

I'm eagerly awaiting the start of a presentation by Cinnamon Dixon , the Director of Continuous Improvement at Cleveland Clinic , about their visual management process. I was talking with a Catalysis consultant this morning at breakfast who was telling me about the tiered huddle system at Cleveland Clinic, so I'm super excited to learn more about it.

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Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 11, 2019

Podcasts themselves are examples of innovation, bringing together compressed audio, RSS feeds, and mobile listening devices into a medium that was born on the internet. So it’s no surprise that IdeaScale has tapped into this innovative medium for its new podcast series IdeaScale Nation , which you can find on Apple Podcasts and other podcast apps. The series features guest speakers who are leading innovation programs, inventing new technologies, tracking trends, and more.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 10, 2019

Brainzooming participated in a new business presentation with a group of other companies. We were proposing a change initiative for a multi-agency department within a city government. As our in-person presentation drew to a close, the review team asked about each of our experiences with comparable culture changes. My answer, rather than detailing the specifics of a particular initiative, focused on important lessons I learned during a significant change in organizational culture.

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Innovation Excellence

JUNE 13, 2019

Imagine the scene. It’s the early hours of the morning. A young engineer lies awake, unable to sleep because of the excitement. After what seems like an hour of trying to find a comfy position to nod off, he checks the clock. Just fifteen minutes have elapsed since the last time he looked! He worries.

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Groups Disruption Change Culture 93

Entrepreneur - Innovation

JUNE 13, 2019

Zume is expanding past pizza and will manufacture compostable replacements for single-use plastics.

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Company 77

Advertiser: ZoomInfo

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Innocentive

JUNE 13, 2019

Disruption 75

Disruption Crowdsourcing Innovation 75

InnovationManagement

JUNE 11, 2019

The workplace isn't just about work. Sure, reaching productivity quotas or snagging reputable clients matter, but so does the way your business operates. The post Want to Improve Employee Productivity? Rethink Your Company Culture appeared first on Innovation Management.

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Innovation Excellence

JUNE 8, 2019

My name is Sari van Poelje, I’m an expert in agile, innovative design and I’m here to talk to you about cooperation in teams. I’ve been traveling around the world helping businesses innovate as quickly as they innovate their products. And sometimes what I come up against is teams that are not willing to cooperate.

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Agile Innovation Design Training 92

Bill Fischer

JUNE 9, 2019

Don’t be too dazzled by devices, the real changes taking place in innovation are in mindsets rather than hardware. How well prepared are you and your organization?

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Change Innovation 74

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Carla Johnson - Innovation

JUNE 13, 2019

June 13, 2019 There’s an ever-widening gap between what’s natural to us as children and what’s taught into us through the educational system and corporate culture. American author, educator, media theorist and cultural critic, Neil Postman says “children enter school as question marks and leave as full stops.” The same thing happens to employees as they enter the work world.

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Kainexus

JUNE 14, 2019

I'm well into day two of the Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit in Washington D.C., and while there are 8 breakout sessions to choose from right now, I came back to the coldest room in the hotel for more Cleveland Clinic. You can check out what I learned about their tiered huddles in yesterday's session here. (Side note: Why are conference meeting rooms so cold?

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LEAN Conference Meeting Learning 71

Innovation Excellence

JUNE 11, 2019

There are many reasons why your startup will fail, but the main ones are 1) you create a product or service no one wants to buy, and 2) you do not have a profitable and VAST business model. Likewise, there are many reasons why your corporate or organizational innovation initiative will fail. Most of the time it’s.

Innovation 90

Innovation 90

helloFUTURE

JUNE 9, 2019

Are You Hiring For Innovation? Do you know which role in your organization is ultimately responsible for innovation? Some people might guess the CTO or the CEO. If you have a dedicated innovation group, then it might be the Chief Innovation Officer (CINO), or the VP or Innovation, or some other senior leader with innovation… The post Innovation Starts With HR appeared first on hellofuture.

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CTO Innovation Groups Culture of Innovation 68

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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CMOE

JUNE 13, 2019

Running a business requires making many different kinds of investments. A company invests its money and resources into advertising, research and development, social media, partnerships, technology, security, and much more. In turn, employees invest their time, energy, talents, and the very best of themselves into the success and vision of your company.

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Underperforming Technical Team Training Culture Engagement 67

InnovationManagement

JUNE 10, 2019

This is the second in a series of articles that explore the impact of the 4th Industrial Revolution on how we are living our lives today and how we should go about earning a living in the years to come. The post May the 4th Industrial Revolution be with You – Part 2: You can Check Out Any Time You like but You can Never Leave appeared first on Innovation Management.

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Industry Innovation Management Management Innovation 60

Innovation Excellence

JUNE 8, 2019

During the economic depression which followed the financial crash of 2009 car sales slumped across America. Automobile makers tried all sorts of promotions, many featuring big price cuts, but they could not lure buyers onto their forecourts and persuade them to buy. Rebates and other traditional incentives just were not working. Hyundai USA took a.

Strategy 88

Strategy Strategy 88

Focused Momentum

JUNE 12, 2019

Leading a project, team, or company can feel all-consuming. There is so much time and attention taken by planning and managing that the equally important role of communicating is given short shrift. The pressure on time and attention is unusually high during the first phase of the strategy implementation when demand increases to manage the existing business while completing detailed planning to achieve future goals.

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